Roadtex

Echo said the new Roadtex facilities are based in Greenville, South Carolina and also outside of Nashville, adding that these locations provide customers with various benefits, including improved technology, increased square footage, expanded transportation, and warehousing capabilities, and additional capacity.

Chicago-based third-party logistics and technology-enabled transportation services provider Echo Global Logistics said this week that it has inked a definitive agreement to acquire Somerset, N.J.-based Roadtex Transportation Corporation, a national provider of integrated temperature-controlled supply chain services, for the confectionary, food, nutrition, and pharmaceutical mass retailer end-markets.